I will never have “feels”.Things in my life will never be “cray”.I will never involve myself in “drams”. I refuse to “ship”.And I will never, ever, ever, ever use the term “swag” to describe anything.

I am a person with complex emotional states that cannot be summed up into abbreviated slang…

Integral to no one’s character is the diminution of others. If you don’t like slang, don’t use it. Is someone asking you to use “feels”? Are enough people asking you to use it that its more efficient to make a massive post about it?

“So… I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all… I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again – I would. Garak was right about one thing: a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it… Because I can live with it… I can live with it. Computer – erase that entire personal log.”

These two scenes remind me of each other because they boldly illustrate how disparate TNG and DS9 were when it came to morality. In TNG, there was often a right answer, and the lines separating what was good and bad were often clear. While in DS9, the best thing to do was not always the “right” thing to do. DS9 gave you scenarios where you could not judge whether decisions were moral or immoral, leaving you conflicted because they did not fit in those boxes.

Also, I find these scenes are remarkable because they showed how the principles that Starfleet claimed it was built on went out the window when it itself was threatened.